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Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | get the great taste of homemade #CinnamonRolls but without all the work in this fantastic #BananaBread #recipe. It has triple the #cinnamon flavor with cinnamon & #CinnamonChips in the batter & cinnamon in the icing. Delicious sweet #bread for company or #holidays like #Christmas or #Thanksgiving. #CinnamonRollBananaBread

Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread

Teresa Ambra
Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread is a spectacular breakfast sweet bread that tastes like eating cinnamon rolls! This delectable bread has triple cinnamon flavor with cinnamon in the bread and icing and cinnamon chips in the batter. Hazelnuts add a wonderful touch. Terrific way to wake up to a weekend, company or holiday breakfast like Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 35
Calories 268 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 5 miniature bread loaves
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 small mixing bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 bamboo skewer or knife to check bread for doneness
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped

Ingredients
  

BREAD:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened (2 sticks)
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 cups mashed bananas
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Hazelnuts chopped, or substitute either pecans or walnuts (measure after chopping)
  • 12 oz. bag Hershey's cinnamon chips

BUTTERCREAM CINNAMON GLAZE:

  • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp. water or 2% milk

Instructions
 

BREAD:

  • Soften butter.
  • Add with sugar, eggs and bananas to a large mixing bowl.
  • Mix with an electric mixer until well combined.
  • Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla and mix again with electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add flour, hazelnuts and cinnamon chips and stir to combine.
  • Grease and flour five 3 1/2x6” bread pans very well.
  • Divide batter between the five pans.
  • Bake at 350° for about one hour or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool on wire racks.
  • Invert bread onto serving platters.
  • Ice with Buttercream Cinnamon Glaze.

BUTTERMILK CINNAMON GLAZE:

  • Soften butter in small mixing bowl.
  • Add cinnamon, powdered sugar and enough water or milk to make of spread consistency.
  • Drizzle icing over bread.
  • Allow icing to harden on bread.
  • Slice down.
  • About 7 slices for each pan.

Notes

NOTE: I did not use the entire amount of icing.
 
NOTE: You can substitute pecans or walnuts for the hazelnuts in the recipe.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 1gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 246IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bananas, bread, breakfast, cinnamon, cinnamon chips, cinnamon rolls
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